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XFX HD 5570 Review

Testing:

Temperature testing will be accomplished by loading the video card to 100% using MSI Kombuster which is paired with MSI's afterburner overclocking utility for temperature monitoring. I will be using the stability test set to a resolution of 1920 x 1200 using 8xAA. I will use a 15 minute time frame to run the test ensuring that the maximum thermal threshold is reached. The fan speed will be left in the control of the driver package and video cards BIOS for the first test, with the fan moved to 100% to see the best possible cooling scenario. The idle test will be a 20 minute cool down with the fan speeds left on automatic.

Settings

Monitoring with MSI Afterburner

GPU Stability test in MSI Kombuster

15 minute load duration

15 minute idle duration

Temperature Measured in degrees Celsius

Lower = Better

The large heatsink used on the XFX HD 5570 really pays off, allowing it to cooler better than any of the other comparison models.